I have had times that I arrived at the Kossel or some Shul in Meah Shearim approximately 25 minutes before Sof Zeman Kerias Shema, where clearly if I don my Talis & Tefillin & commence my prayers right away, I had enough time to reach Kerias Shema in time, and yet when these schnorrers literally pounced on me, and I told them I must 1st reach Kerias Shema in time, and to come to me after I conclude my prayers, they simply don’t care, and think they are more important than haShem.
I have never been at a Shul in Meah Shearim nor at the Kossel on [Shushan] Purim, but out of interest:- Do these schnorrers walk around during Esther reading, expecting money as Esther is being read, causing congregants to miss even a single word? & thereby loose the entire Mitzwah of reading Esther.